C&C to invest €25m in cider

IRISH drinks and snacks company C&C Group is to invest a total of €25 million at its Clonmel base to boost cider production.

It has brought forward plans by one year due to the success of its Magners cider in Britain, where it has already achieved a 1% market share. In Ireland, Magners is known as Bulmers.

Its continuing popularity in Ireland North and South and its growing impact on the British market has forced the group to increase cider production.